Overview
- A line in Canada’s 2025–26 federal budget says the government is working with the public broadcaster to explore participation.
- Eurovision director Martin Green says conversations with CBC/Radio-Canada have begun but remain at an early stage with no invitation or entry plan.
- Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne frames the idea as a way to showcase Canadian culture and support the arts.
- Two government sources told CBC that Prime Minister Mark Carney is personally interested in securing a Eurovision spot for Canada.
- Canada is an EBU associate member, as is Australia which joined in 2015, but cost concerns and limited domestic interest persist after CBC previously called participation prohibitively expensive.